Mad #142 April 1971

• Cover Artist: John Putnam

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• Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts!
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Bob Clarke art)
• Contents Page
• Letters
• Ads for Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits,
  Subscriptions (written by Sergio Aragones / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• West Coast Story (updated musical satire)
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Jack Davis art)
• Communism Revisited -
  An Updated Photographic "Mad Look" at Some of the So-Called "Eternal Truths" Proclaimed by the Founding Fathers of the Bolshevik Revolution (Max Brandel)
  (Wide World and UPI photos)
• Hawks & Doves (Al Jaffee)
• Violent TV Commercials
  (written by Earle Doud / Mort Drucker art)
• Horrifying Cliches
  (written by May Sakami / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Mad Salutes the Output of American Industry (Max Brandel)
• What is a Parent? (written by Tom Koch / Sergio Aragones art)
• Telephone Taps We'd Like to Hear
  (written by Lou Silverstone / Jack Rickard art)
• One Night in the Acme Ritz Central Arms Waldorf
  Plaza Statler Hilton Grand Hotel (Don Martin)
• The Lighter Side of Love (Dave Berg)
• Spy vs. Spy (Antonio Prohias)
• Mad's "Dirty Old Man" of the Year
  (written by Stan Hart / George Woodbridge art)
• Answers to Children's Letters - From God (UPI photo)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo and Don Epstein)
• Spy vs. Spy (Antonio Prohias)
• My Three Sonny Boys (TV satire)
  (written by Arnie Kogen / Angelo Torres art)
• On the "Hunchback of Notre Dame" Set (Don Martin)
• Fold-In -- In what dangerous direction are
  militant revolutionaries leading us? (Al Jaffee)
• Back Cover -- Sign Language (Al Jaffee)